Music storage on network

I would rather store my music on a time capsule disc, rather than my laptop. Is it possible to access that stored music wirelessly to play on a stereo using airport express, using itunes?
Thanks.

ggman wrote:
I would rather store my music on a time capsule disc, rather than my laptop. Is it possible to access that stored music wirelessly to play on a stereo using airport express, using itunes?
Yes, although a computer has to be involved to stream the music from the network disk to the AirPort Express. If you're using the Time Capsule disk for Time Machine, you might be happier putting your music on an external drive connected to the Time Capsule.

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Since the upgrades this past summer (Snow Leopard Server, OWC Mercury Rack Pro, new iMacs), network account performance is notably more sluggish (log-in, opening apps, etc.) compared to before the upgrades (Xserve was running Server 10.5.8, labs had Mac Mini systems with gigabit running Mac OS X 10.5.8 and Adobe CS4). My network accounts were on an eSATA Rocstor ArticRoc RAID 5 unit previously, connected to the Xserve via an older Sonnet Tempo-X SATA card (which was PCI-X, not PCI-Express).
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iMac-1 Test:
4 KB 10.499 0.502 10.645 0.087
8 KB 16.351 4.179 15.913 0.143
16 KB 29.35 11.213 28.878 0.213
32 KB 39.703 19.318 40.633 0.251
64 KB 55.519 27.347 51.766 0.335
128 KB 70.823 38.541 63.345 0.414
256 KB 78.946 46.074 70.803 0.383
512 KB 87.872 56.071 77.47 0.325
1024 KB 93.209 60.616 87.667 0.281
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iMac-2 Test:
4 KB 9.901 0.494 10.843 0.08
8 KB 14.208 5.116 15.942 0.142
16 KB 22.762 9.668 26.973 0.174
32 KB 30.357 16.301 42.276 0.183
64 KB 2.605 25.486 51.606 0.179
128 KB 4.831 28.404 18.495 0.308
256 KB 87.839 43.936 87.014 0.404
512 KB 96.93 28.836 95.64 0.335
1024 KB 99.789 40.661 71.096 0.318
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iMac-3 Test:
4 KB 4.689 0.79 10.348 0.065
8 KB 7.908 5.526 16.399 0.086
16 KB 6.848 8.783 27.967 0.056
32 KB 30.183 14.756 42.096 0.132
64 KB 46.42 13.255 53.114 0.277
128 KB 74.744 11.307 4.369 0.424
256 KB 80.955 25.521 26.432 0.484
512 KB 97.356 16.138 65.667 0.386
1024 KB 103.434 44.617 103.015 0.612
Average 50.282 15.632 38.823 0.28
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First time post. Here is the configuration...
1. Airport Extreme in office (supports MacBook Pro and PC)
2. Airport Express in Master connected to receiver (two speakers)
3. Airport Express in Family Room connected to receiver (4 speakers)
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Thought anyone reading this would like to know the answer that appears to have worked for me...
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